this morning on "early today," split decision. the supreme court strikes down key provisions in arizona's controversial immigration law. taking the plunge. a wedding party finds out the hard way how much weight a dock will hold. and royal elegance. it's your chance to own couture head gear once worn by duchess te. captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello and good morning. i'm lynn berry. and today we begin with an up-and-down decision. the u.s. supreme court delivered a mixed verdict to both the obama administration and the state of arizona yesterday ruling it is constitutional for

arizona police to check immigration status. however, other sections of the state's controversial imfederation law were thrown out entirely. nbc's steve handelsman has more. >> reporter: both sides had something to celebrate as the high court handed down the arizona decision. by 5-3 the justices upheld the most controversial part of the law, requiring police to check the immigration status of anyone they stop and suspect is not in the u.s. legally. the court rejecting the claim that that's only the federal government's job. swing justice anthony kennedy sided with court conservatives, writing for the majority, the mandatory nature of the arizona status checks does not interfere with the federal immigration scream. confrontation between state and federal officials is an important feature of the system. that's what arizona's governor jan brewer had argued. >> this is the day we had been waiting for, and, make no

mistake, arizona is ready. civil rights will be protected, racial profiling will not be tolerated. >> reporter: but opponents of the so-called "show me your papers" provision will write on. >> i believe it's the most venomous part based on race, based on nationality, and based on racial profiling. >> reporter: and they made it clear if cops do profile or bend the laws it could be back in court. working without papers and police arresting those suspects without warnts. president obama celebrated that but played up instead of what he did on immigration. >> it's time to stop denying citizenship to responsible young people just because they're the children of undocumented workers. >> reporter: mitt romney was cautious staying in a statement the nation needs comprehensive immigration refofrmt i'm steve

handelsman, nbc news. elsewhere tropical storm debby is absolutely drenching florida's gulf coast. it's expected to continue for days causing flooding and power outages. nbc's jay gray has that story from panama city beach, florida. >> reporter: the winds have intensified but it's the rain that's defined debby to this point, a driving rain, as much as five inches an hour in some of the hardest hit areas. rivers are spilling over their banks. water has swallowed countless roadways and now threatens homes, businesses and even this >> we've been pumping for six hours and are still pumping hoping to get ahold of the storm surge. >> reporter: in some places the race with mother nature has already been lost. >> thank god it didn't happen when we were here but it's still emotional. >> reporter: emotions stretched

to their limits in venice, florida, where one mom died protecting her little girl from debris during a tornado. forecasters say 24 tornadoes have been spawned because of the storm system and there's a chance of even manufacture before it's all other. high winds knocked out less trickty for 35,000 residents and even as crews worked to restore the power they must still deal with all the water in many areas understanding more is on the while. while the slow-moving storm continues to churn just off the coast. jay gray, nbc news. now here is a look at some other stories making news early today in america. how about this? a wedding party met a small flight after the dock they were standing on collapse sending everyplace right into the lake. everyone was okay and they were laughing about it. the groom said he could feel the dock leaning and tilting before

the whole thing gave way and the bride was remarkably good natured about the whole thing. good for her. in california. a couple spent money to buy a house next door and knock it down. they're looking to see the golden gate bridge, blocked for a century. the land the demolished house stood on will be replaced by a garden. and finally in ohio if you had to give a name to an octopus, what would it be? bill and i have begin a lot of thought to this. the four-foot-long sea creature picked the winner herself to grab the toy ball with the name cora as in corral written on it. there were more than 2,000 entries. the other final two entries were scarlet and octavia. and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. he has your weather channel forecast. we are never short of animal

stories. >> i was going to say leggy. >> you could come up with better. good morn, everyone. let's talk about debby first and the amazing heat wave in the u.s. it's really an isolated air yachl it's not really encompassing a large area of florida. but yesterday around tallahassee down to the coast this little area picked up around 15 to 20 inches of rain. now we're moving that move along interstate i-10. that's by far the best chances for extreme flooding today from debby that slowly meanders here. the storm is going to inch its way through the north-northeast as we go through the next couple of days even due the west. you notice by thursday we're still watching the form over central flood. it's not until thursday to friday that the open rains will be out to the atlantic and maybe it's sneaking up to the carolinas too. hopefully it's not too extreme. you want to talk about extreme?

105 yesterday in denver, colorado. that tied the waefrmt temperature ever corded in denver. ever. that goes back a lot of years. also in the 100-degree club new orleans, texas, even galveston island hit 100 degrees in texas. amazing stuff with this heat wave that now is going to start to spread. everyone in the eefrt, enjoy your weather today because this heat is going to move your way by the end of the week. once again, the triple digits from denver all the way to texas. enjoy the beautiful weather to chicago. you'd be to 100 or 105 by thursday. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look outside your window. 80 degrees in chicago. that's why i'm telling everyone to enjoy the beautiful air mass. nashville, tennessee. you're a little better. a little cooler today. oklahoma city, no such luck for you. yeah, is that wasn't misspeaking we could probably head into all

time record territory near thursday. thanks so much. coming up, stocks change on spain, orbitz makes max users pain and benefactors says meaty is unmaxed. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus, doug of the moment, an honor never before bestowed on a jack russell terrier. coming up the heat parade through miami and a thrilling ending to the college weir. you're watching "early today" >> announcer: "early today" is brought to you by add have it. make the switch to advil now.

good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your top headlines this morning. and now here's an early look at one of your top health intel intelligence officials are facing other lie deteksz tests to stop information leaks to the news media. yesterday they announced new

rules to conduct investigations into the leaked secrets. >> a general insurgent army is the latest to defect to turkey and a nato meeting is being held to discuss a shooting that downed a turkish plane. a lawyer for jerry sandusky says he's defiant and not suicidal. after the convictions, sandusky wants a psychological evaluation done quickly so he can have visits from his family. a new study found h1n1 swine flu outbreak in 2009 was 15 times more deadly than originally thought. at the time more than 18,000 deaths were confirmed by the centers for disease control but now researchers more than 284,000 actually died. and here's your chance to buy a hat warn by the duchess of cambridge. an auction in london shows two

worn by the duchess before she married prince william. and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the dowel at 12,502 stucking 138. taking a look at overseas trading this morning the nikkei fell 70 point bus in hong kong the hang seng gained 84. well, europe's debt crisis dogged investors again on monday hours after a formal bailout kwft from spain moody's slashed credit ratings on 289 spanish banks. that rattled investors on how much spain will actually need. bank of america exposed losses. meanwhile walmart was the only blue chip thanks to its expansion plans. to keep land prices down in oil and gas rich areas.

home sails hit a two-year high but debt worries overseas outweighed any. bristol-myers squibb. microsoft sealed its 1.2 million dollar deal to buy yammer, the so-called social place for the workplace. check your facebook settings. yesterday without asking users default e-mails were changed to their facebook.com address. starting today, spirit airlines is charging a dollar to print your boarding pass at thearity. "the wall street journal" has been showing mack users different and pricier travel options after finding out apple users spend 30% more on hotels than p.c. customers. >> finally, who says gamble doesn't pay. one donor who gave $1 million to

united way was las vegas casino owner steve winn. good news there. coming up the cards win in extras, the yanks tee off and a pair of upsets at the world's oeft eld tennis tournament. a washington pitcher lets a fastball get away along with his win street. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. get ready if you live in chicago to louisville to char slot to 100 degree heat heading your way. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today."

good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." and in sports last night arizona knocked off two-time defending champion south carolina in the college baseball world series. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all of you sports headlines. >> good morning, and we will start with high drama in the college world series. arizona we go. tied at one in the ninth. brandon dixon was put into the game for his glove but came up with a huge at-bat. scored the go-ahead run. dixon with his first hit of the college world series am it was a big one. that opened the floodgates. wildcats flooded for three many the ninth. with go to the bottom of the inning. last chance for south carolina.

hit one high and deep but not deep enough. arizona held on to win 4-1 and capture their first national title since 1986. now to the bigs, cards and marlins needed extra inning. rafael furcal inside the baseline. tyler greene hustled all the way around. the cards won it 8-7 in ten. robinson cano continues to hit the cover off the ball, smashed his 17th homer off the year. he's now had six in the last eight games. the gnats' stephen strasburg was cruising along and then this one. nailed mark scutaro in the head with a fastball. thankfully scutaro was okay but strasburg wasn't. the rockies won it, 4-2. tough day to be an american at wimbledon. venus williams lost and on the men's side john isner is also heading home after losing in

five setses. >> the heat celebrated in miami with a ticker tape parade. hundreds of thousands lined the streets to catch a glimpse of dwyane wade and company. right now they're the favorites in vegas to win it again. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm forget roggin well, he may often play a wild man on the big screen but this funny man is settling down in real life. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus two women are about to share what they've been denied for decades. you're watching "early today."

well welcome back. the big story, of course, is tropical storm debby. soaking record number in florida. i'll tell you what. if that's the main story, 1-a is the heat story. 103 in denver, 105 in san antonio. now as i mentioned that's going to spread. enjoy that in chicago today. tomorrow you're 91. you should be 103 by thursday. in other areas like nashville to charlotte to raleigh get ready. the heat is on the way. if you're watching us on nbc providence 10 in rhode island take a bike ride. explore deep inside a bone or solve a skeleton at bone zone. and that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. >> that sounds like fun.

>> it does. and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. well, alex trebek's health is not in jeopardy. he's up and in good spirits at a los angeles hospital as he recovers from a mild heart attack. the 71-year-old trebek who's hosted jeopardy for 28 years is fully recovered and expected to be back to work in july. buzz reports that zack gal a fa na cass will mair longtime girlfriend. >> what's so funny? >> this next part is kind of funny. it includes a drawing of the cup i by galifianakis that makes him look like, quote, a little troll while quinn is a stunning tall blond princess. >> he's funny to look at. he's funny, period. uggy, the canine star of the oscar winning film, "the artist" became the first dog to put his paw prints in cement outside the landmark the chinese theater. there you go.

i thought it was the "frazier dots, but i was corrected. >> is that the same type of dog? >> i believe it is. i have been told. >> you have beensome. >> i have. alert, alert. this comes from kare-11 news in minneapolis where it was a family reunion nearly eight years in the making. 73-year-old betty lou and her 63-year-old sister delores had never met. she was given up for adoption and her mother died. delores wept on line and found her long-last family living in michigan. isn't that amazing. they call it a missing peace that now gives them some peace jie i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station.

good morning, everyone. we are made it to tuesday. it is a cool start to outside. and you might want to grab a little light jacket if you're headed out very early this morning. hope you have that nice cup of joe. i know we do. ready to get started. all right. still the beginning of the week. good morning, everyone. >> good morning. welcome to "news4 today" on this tuesday, june 26th. today the university of virginia's ousted president could learn if she'll get her job back. uva's board of visitors will meet this afternoon to discuss whether to reinstate teresa sullivan. many of the students and faculty

there are furious the board forced sullivan to resign earlier this month less than two years after she took the job. thousands of them rallied on the campus sunday adding to the pressure on the board there, a threat from governor bob mcdonnell, to replace the board, the entire board, if this controversy isn't resolved this week. breaking news in fairfax county, police are still on the scene of a stand your that started more than 12 hours ago. tracee wilkins is live in falls church, virginia, with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. police are still here on the scene. we have the city of falls church and fairfax county police surrounding this house in the 600 block of hillwood avenue. they say this came in as a call as domestic disturbance. a lot has happened since then. they believe there was just one man inside of the househo